Torbjrn Iwan Lundquist Suites for Orchestra

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist: Suites for Orchestra When Torbjrn Iwan Lundquist in 1962 was asked to compose the music score for the screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlf's Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (Adventures of Nils Holgersson), he was already a well-known composer of film music. Since 1954 he had written the scores for 16 films, and three other movies with his music was premired the same year as Nils Holgersson. In 1962, Lundquist was engaged to compose the music for the grandiose and lavish Adventure of Nils Holgersson, an adaptation of Selma Lagerlf's novel, directed by Kenne Fant. A film in colour with stunning aerial photographs of Sweden and with music by Torbjrn Lundquist. It was actually the first time a complete soundtrack in a Swedish film was released on LP. In the 1960's, Lundquist also started writing music for radio plays and dramatized serial stories. In 1966, he was commissioned by the Swedish Radio to write music for a drama serial directed by Per Edstrm. Again, a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlf. One of her most dramatized, Gsta Berling's saga, the depiction of the major's wife and the cavaliers at Ekeby Manor in Vrmland, adapted for radio by Olle Mattsson. The music for the play became so praised that it was released on LP. The suite consists of eight movements. After the suite there are three dance movements where Lundquist puts together a number of pastiches on upper-class music from the beginning of the 19th century. They are followed by the caressing Meditation, the lyrical Legend and the swaying Berceuse. It all ends with Kavaljerernas polska (The Cavalier's Polska). Curt Carlsson, 2018ReviewBy 1962, Torbjrn Iwan Lundquist was much feted as a composer of film scores, with sixteen already under his belt dating from 1954. He was to go on to write another twelve. This particular year he was approached to provide a score for the screen adaptation of Selma Lagerlf's "Adventures of Nils Holerssohn", a best-loved children's classic. The story tells of a naughty boy who tortures animals and never listens to his parents. One day he wakes up as an elf, climbs onto a gander's back and flies away with a flock of geese. On his journey he learns everything about birds, animals, his country and good behaviour, and returns transformed. The film was a lavish production with stunning aerial photography. The music, sixteen episodes in all, accompanies beautiful scenery, such as an enchanted forest and some dramatic episodes such as a musical hunt "The fox and the watchdog". Memorable places crop up along the way, like the naval city of Karlskrona, portrayed by a brisk march, Stockholm, where the tune from the bells of the City Hall's tower is recalled, and Lappland, depicted by its Sami drums. Lundquist was under time pressure to complete this forty minute opus so did a bit of recycling and also came up with a catchy waltz, which appears from time to time. The Gsta Berling Saga was a commission by Swedish Radio for a drama serial of another Selma Lagerlf novel. Gsta Berling, a defrocked minister, finds a home at Ekeby manor, home to veterans of the Napoleonic Wars. A leading and poetic spirit, women fall under his spell. The action takes place in the beautiful wintry landscape of rural Sweden. The suite is made up of eight movements, to which the composer added another seven used in the radio dramatization. I prefer this suite of the two. Lundquist proves himself no mean tunesmith, with a score that is melodically generous and steeped in a beguiling charm. Listeners won't fail to succumb to its appeal. Particularly memorable are the opening piece, which depicts the protagonist, pastorally etched and oozing with rustic charm. Then there's Legend (fifth of the additional movements), music bathed in soothing lyricism. These early sixties recordings sound very good and benefit from having the composer himself at the helm. The booklet notes in Swedish and English have been supplied by Dag Lundquist, Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. 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